The 2008 GP2 Main Series got officially underway today at Barcelona. The
first qualifying session determined the starting line-up for tomorrow`s
Race 1. Mike Conway scored the 10th fastest lap, in a session slowed by
many yellow flag situation and stopped by a red. The interruption
fractioned the 30 minutes available, penalizing several drivers. Ho Pin
Tung ended up in 16th, without a huge margin from the top-10. Trident
Racing is now concentrating on the race, starting tomorrow at 16:00. The
team will be trying to score the maximum amount of points in order to
have a good starting position for Race 2.

Mike Conway

"We didn`t have too much luck today, since we lost a handful of minutes
due to an overheating issue, and then I was unable to find a clean lap
with no traffic. We decided to mount a second set of fresh tires, but
right after I took off from the pit-lane, race control exposed the red
flag for an accident happened moments before. I`m pretty satisfied with
the situation we have now, though we are not probably ready to battle for
pole yet. We made huge steps forward since this winter`s testing, and
we`re in the leading pack. Tomorrow`s race will be very tricky, but I`m
persuaded we`ll be able to score valuable points".

Ho Pin Tung

"I`m sorry for not having managed to put together my best potential lap.
Looking at my split times, it`s evident that I could have reached the
top-10. Unfortunately, the session itself was marred by a lot of chaos,
in the final minutes a yellow flag and some oil forced me to lose three
tenths of a second. I`m really satisfied with the progress we made with
the car, that was very driveable today. I`m looking forward to tomorrow`s
race: I hope to improve my position immediately, since in the GP2 Asia I
proved to be good at the start".

Alessandro Alunni Bravi, Managing Director

"Today`s qualifying was marred by several interruptions that eventually
made our job very difficult. The drivers that were able to find
themselves on-track with new tires at the right time had the chance to
score good laptimes. That wasn`t ultimately possible for Mike and Ho Pin.
Mike had the right potential to enter the top-5, but he was penalized by
a 5-minute delay due to a technical problem and heavily conditioned by a
red flag. We eventually have a good starting base for tomorrow. Even in
the case of Ho-Pin Tung, we had a final result that doesn`t respect the
team`s true potential. He had a good run on the first sector, but the oil
left on-track by another car prevented him from taking a top-10
position".